Dad loses 18st in nine months... all for his sons

A FATHER has lost a staggering 18 stone after fearing he would die before his three sons grow up.

Wayne Robinson dropped from a hefty 31 stone to a slimline 13st 4lb after worrying about his weight

Wayne Robinson was a whopping 31 stone with a BMI of 59 – almost three times health guidelines.

After he started skipping medical appointments fearing he was too fat to be examined, he realised he was living on borrowed time.

He ditched takeaways, signed up to a diet plan – and nine months later weighs 13st 4lb.

I was a ticking time bomb, but still that wasn’t enough to make me lose weight. What really made me decide to do it were my boys and the thought of them growing up without a dad

Wayne Robinson

Wayne, 37, from Currock, Carlisle, said: “I was a ticking time bomb, but still that wasn’t enough to make me lose weight. What really made me decide to do it were my boys and the thought of them growing up without a dad.

“I remember reading that the life expectancy for someone with a BMI of 40 was 20 years less than someone with a healthy BMI – mine was much, much higher.”

He said his weight had led him to steer clear of potentially embarrassing situations.

“I would always avoid going on planes – I was terrified I’d have to ask for a seatbelt extension. I never went to my sons’ parents’ evenings, as I was worried about them being bullied about my size.”

Now his wife Sam, 37, and sons William, 14, Harry, 11, and Finley, four, could not be prouder.

Wayne, who works for travel agent Thomas Cook, followed the LighterLife Weight Loss Management system and lost about half a stone a week.

“I’m the miraculous shrinking man. It has completely transformed my life,” he said.

“The change has been unbelievable and not just physically. Inside I am a completely different person.

“I’d had no major health scare to speak of although I tended to avoid the embarrassment of visiting the doctors. But with a BMI of 59 it wasn’t a case of if I fell ill, it was when.”

He said his mother had died of bowel cancer when he was in his mid-20s. “I just didn’t want that for my boys. I wanted to be around to see them grow up,” he added.

“Because of my mum’s early death, when I reached 35, I was supposed to go for a routine screening. I was so worried the hospital wouldn’t be able to do it because of the size of me that I didn’t go.

“The embarrassment and fear kept me away. I never want to feel like that again.”